Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1881, Page 2

i 1 4 <3 H i . scene. The place was tilled with people, whea, in some cases high up ju the, air, and with such force force as to make “’the brldge tremble and creak from 9 Z THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, ‘1881 EIGHTEEN PAGES. streots, in the neizhborbood of the Potomac Depot, five of the Ninth street line of cars had to be sbandoned,.the drivers, taking thelr money-boxes under their arms, and riding of cn their horses. _In_oug case a driver was £0 anxious to save himself gnd the mouey thnt e forgot the only passenger ho had fa, and rode off. leaving bim. Atter the passeoger had worked himself on his knees from one end of the car to tho other to view the situation, and 4 tho crowd bad enjoyed tho sight, o friendiy ‘bus- driver roscued him, The Seventh street line of cars continued §o run throngh tho Hood during the day, the.passongers adopting a knedling position on the sdats, and the SAMO WAS tho case with the belt-liac cars. 3 BELOW THE AVENCE the city 4 in a pitiable condition, tho cellms be- | fhg fooded, and, In many instances, the whter reachingto the first fioor. The Baltimore & Potomac depot is surrounded by water four or five feet deep; and engines cannot come {nto the depot, a8 the water iuvades the.furnaces, put- ting out the firca At the great Seventh Streot Market, this morning, there was an amusing allat once, a8 an eye-witness described it, tho water P SEEMED TO GUSH FROM.TIE GROUND. Women screamed, and, guthering their skires about them, ran for dry land.. Hucksters bastily gathered up thelr movables, and with- in an hour the murket was transferred 1o tho narthside of the avenue, where was dis- playea this afternoon a long line of wmeats, ve ‘etables, butter, czgs, and frults. The view from the top of the hirh bulldiygs was startling. Streaming from the Washington Monuwent aloug the bed of the ancient “Liber to the Cap- itol and thence back nortenst of tne clty there lay a broad éstuary, shiatng fa tho sun, while Lelow the brosa Potomac rviled in golemn grandear its mighty tlood 10 the CLOSSING TIR ESTUAI atthe various intersections of the strocts wero Loats, wagons, und borseback riders, the latter £acuming to be out in futl force. Tiere was an un- usually large number of vehicles on the aveouc, thio novelty of driving through two or three feot of water secmingly aifording aa additional cbarm 1o the always delightfel exercise. Over- bead the sky was blue as sspphlre. the sun shone with an almost summer fervor, and wraps of all kinds were thrown aside or worn with dis- comfort. -1f the weather continues warm ile 11004 may rise 10 a much greater hight. | In fact 1he ice was only begiuning to Lreak, and TO-NIGUT IT 1S KAINING AGAIN. The ice commenced to rorve across the chanuel at Gieshor's about 9 v'clock 1his mornmg, and about 10 o'clock {t had to alf appearancy becoms “a s0lid gorge neross to the Virginia shore, block- “ing up the river entircly to thejLong Bridge,and, above it, to Georgetown. This had the effect of raising the water to = f AN USPRECEDENTED IIGIT, ost of the wharves on the river frout risiug up and iugonthewater. At the Inlnd & Sea- bourd Company's wharf, near the Arseual Grounds, ruised about five feet above the highest tide, tho waier surrounding the de- pot und warehouse, and, hind it not been for the imimense weight of the Hoor and heavy frefght stored Inside, the whole wharf would kave beea lifted up. The Loux Bridze, just below the city, has been ‘one of the polnis of inerest all day. Allday loag it was the only communicat- ink bétween the nori and svuth ot this point. At ao early hoar this Morning ice about n foot thick came aowa In vast sbeets, piled one end ta the ather,. As the waier ruse tae ice nccumulatod. -The roar was fpeessant and could be heard all over South Washington. The dense fog prevented an extended view, but this morning at fntervals when the foz would Taise momeatarily the scenc up and dowa stream was an exceedingly animated one. There did mot appear 'to be much driftwood amougst the ice, but it 1s thought tnere will be more as the drift comes from the milis higher up tho river. AT DAYLIGHT ’hundreds of men and boys were collected at the Long Bridge and on ‘the linc of it. Pegs wero driven down by the bridgemen to murk tho rapidity of the rise, which amounted to nearly four feet at 7 o'vlock, and bad ifted the plank Tootwalk on the cuuseway, carrsing it over on ‘he carringeway. - AS THE OEAVY CAKES OF ICE came flown with tho tide, the fronwork of the draws were noticed to- bend iitle buatkle’ out Vf i place.” The local rayfroagf“tfal e afivEs bere ng 6:32 0. m., was the last one which came over, and gbont this time tho fog lifted and 1 vast plie of ice was noticed along the Virginia shore gurging up near the bridge, and throwing the Huod chuunel a little north. ' The men em- Ployed by the Rafiroad Company were busy on the” entire lungth of the Lridge, with poles to Jessen tne ide waerever it’uccumulated’ sud threatened to miss. and some were employed in lovsenini .some logy trees which bad lodged against the iron-work of the draws and threat- ened to do mischief. A little lter ALL CARRIAGES WERE STOPPED FROM LT CROSSING, and_the bosses on the track called off all their workmen and .labocers. The word was, passed along the in¢ with a warning o leive the m::ge‘ and a general stampede was ot up to- wards 'the end,no_one fecling secure. What added o the dread wits the dense fog, which pre- vented 1 vision except for.a few rods, and at the same time tliere WAS A sérics of heavy show- ers of rain drenchiog everybody. .The Hrst and 6ccond small bridges or culverts south of the, Long Iridge had been relievea of tho trestie-* work and the bridge sunk with the rails, the water and ice runging over them like a mill- Tace. THE TPPER DRIDGE, near Fort Runyon hnd also gone under the: pressure of the water at 11 o’clock, snd the wa- Tcr was within two inches of the platform of the gusemr:hhmdlnx 2t tho south end of the Long ridge. The lce remained perfectly worged in the Georgewwn channel, and the pressure on the south piers of tho Long Bridge was so great a8 to bend the wooden pler to tlie shapo of a rninbow, the full force of the pressure being on te lower fronwork of the south draw. Itis thought that the entire south end will bave to 80 Whea the fce starts. A THRILLING INCIDEOT of the flood was the rescue of some wornen from a dwelling-house just south of the Long Bridge. They bad managed 1o get out to the abutment ‘wall, and, word naving been brought over to the north end of their situation, Assistant-Chief- Engineer Waters ut once dispatched some train men in & hand-car, and, taking the women un board, they brought them over to this end of the ‘bridge. They were overjoyed at their delivery, a5 they cxpected to be fioated off. Tho wlder Mra. “Gefrer and ber three daughters bad started to cross the bridge. #od the water had risen s0 rapidiy that they had stopped at a point where they could neither go forward nor return. The o1d indy was NEARLY DEAD FROM FRIGUT when she left the band-car. Some of the peopls 1iving in that vicinity took them 10 their houses. Allday the wharves at Georgetown have been lined with thousands of people, the oldest in- baubitants afirming that such u food hasnot been witnessed. along the Potomuc since the Capl- tal has been located here. The stores on Wuter street in _ Geopye- town bave been abandoned. the mer- cbants having removed everytbing that is lable to bo fnjured by the water. In Gray & Nuyes' foundry, fn this city, at 1 o'clock to-day, the sudden fnvasion of water coming in contact with a large quantity of - MOLTEN METAL . caused an explosion by which two men were badly injured. Tho weather has turned colder thisevening, and dispatches received at the Signal Office report thay the iceisoutof tho Shenandoah and Upper Potomsc, and that there is no danger of a further rise. . THREE SECTIONS OF THE LONG BRIDGE, ou the Virzinia shore, were curried away by the ico this evening. ‘This will relicve the ice-gurge ‘and prubably,remove any. further danger from tho frespet hfre. It is expected thav the ro- mnlnmg g:n;(un of the bridee will be saved, but it woul of great advantage 1o the health of ‘Washington if the causeway ov~r which the bridge runs could be swept away, BS it causes the malgrial flats. OTHER RECITALS. o the Western Axsoctated Press. WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 12—The doings of Congress and the talk about the forthcoming Cabinet aro overshadowed to-day by the fiood in the Potomac River, caused by the heavy rains and the breaking of the ice {n the upper part of the river. Tnousands of people are congregated on the banks of the river, watching tne rush of waters. and waiting with patience to sce the historic “Long Bridge” and the Aqueduct Bridge ing. . There are scveral gorges, aud the outlook 1s that the bridges will be swept away. At half-past 1the water had risen within one or two inches of the first floors of the Natlonal and Metropolitan botels on Pennsylvania ave- nue, and the street and “sidéwally on both sides, betweon Firststreet, near tho Capitol, and Sev- enthstreet, were complotely submerged. Tho ‘water fn’ the Potomac Depot i3 about two feet deep, aud in froot of the depot in the street peerly four feet. TSING. The fce in Washington narbor begnn broaking up early this morning, and the water rose rapid- I5. “At1o'clock to-day therc was about five fect of water around the Bultiworo & Potomao Rail- road depor, and the lower portions of hgtcls on’ Pennsyivaniuavenue,between Third and Seventh streets, are flooded. There Is nbout threa feet of water over the ground floor of Washington Mariot aod about the same depth around Ford's Opera-House. It is reported that the Virginla side ot the “Long Bridge” hus given way. but tho report, nnot be substantiated, as it {3 fmpossiblo to®| reach the bridge, owing to the extreme depth of water over the lower parts of the city. 8 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, 2 from First to Seventh, sud trom Eighth to Tenth streots, is a shect of water, and all cellars ind A number of first-loors on eitborside of tho strect are submerged, - The lower poruon of tho Census office, In which the records wero stored, commenced tloodiug, this morning, put the Fire Department was culled upon aad sue- ceeded In keeping the water down until the doc- uments of most fmportance were romoved. Great damage is reppried along the wharves in Georcotown, At an early hour 5 WASIHINGTON MARK . ud four Inches of water in It, and it rose rapld- iy, and soon the flood was knce-bixh., Many deulers ‘hastily left, but those baving heavy commodities for some time stovd thoir gronnd, anticipating it would not be long before the water would recede. Butehers and maay other market dealers, later in the moruiug, extempor- izod sircet stands on tho uorth side Of the nve- nue, in front of tho stunds crected tor the inau- guration, and there veuded tholr wares. _Ice be- gan to worze ucross tho channel ut Giesboro about Y v'clock this mornmg, aud ut 10 it bad, to the Virginia sbore, blucking up the river en: tirely w Long Bridge and above 1t to Gicorge- town. TUE DOTANICAL GARDENS AND GROUNDS filted with water, and this cuused n gerious, und what eame near being a fatal, necident. About 11:3) the workmen of tiray & Noyes' foundry, on Maine aveoue, between ''hird and Four-ant balf streets, were engaged in custivg with a cupola of heated metal, when tho water ran fu on thew, and, supposing it would be better to prevent it reaching the cupols und chjlling the metul, the Lottom wius opened. Immediately the liquid mass fell into the water. and steam senerated so rapidiy that, with 3 report exceed- that of a six-pounder, un explosion . took place, shattering two cupolas and throwing sev- grul Workmen #round, two bewng quite badly urt. WATER COMPLETELY SURROUNDED A BUILD- ING on the south side_of Long Bridze in which wero severdl wowen. They were finally rescued. The Boat Club removed their boats from the houses and the lumber ou the wharves. in Georgetown was anchored ns securely as possivle, but i portion was curried awuy. All travel over the Long Bridge is suspeuded, and no traius leave for the Sputh vin Alexandria. Truins frow the Na over the Baltimore & Potowiv Road stop squares south of the depot, and - wers are transferred in couches aud wagons through tho wuter, which extends from Peno- sylvania avenue a distunce of about threp squares, aud is trom two to tour feet deep. : THE WIRES between Washington _and Alexandria are all down. The Western Gaion send Southern busi- ness w Alexandrin by couriers on_hurseback, who cross the aguednet bridge at Georzetown, where the water 1s almost 10 the bridge, the piers of which ure pounded by the fce with tre- mendous 1urce, put, the fca being soft, it is quickiy broken and passes down the river. At fLarper's Ferry the river is twelve feet above low-water wark and rising. Three spans of the long bridge bave been carried away. Ico is still running very high. AT MIDNIGHT there was no perceptible chuoge along Pennsyl- vaoin avenue rnd the strects leading south. ‘The street-cars ceased thelr trips south of the av nue at §, una comnunication with South Wash- tnzton, except by boats, is accompanied with great hazard. The damage 1o this city muss be very great. 14 TOLEDO. OUR OWN REPORTS. Spectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune.. TOLEDO, 0.,Feb.12.~The 1035 and damage by the great flood of last night and to-day have proved much larger than at first supposed. . The logs of pacts of the Union..& Pennsylvania Rall- rond and Cberry streot passenger bridges have already been reported. This morn- g it was. found that the steamer Emeruld and the schooners Benson, Atmosphere, Medl- -terrunean, Stalker, and Dunford were Iying in the ice oppoait. the lower purt of the city in bad condition, the Benson and Emerald sunk and Iater torn to pieces. It was at first supposed that tho greatest 10ss would be to the vessels and bridges, but. it was found, &arly thls mornlng, that this was only one feature of the damage. The middle ground and lumber district are covered with some seven or eight feetof water, doing incalculablo damage to frelgkt and stocks of lumber und logs. Be- sides the cellers of the wholesale &nd retall <dealers, o3 well us private citizens all over the city, were flooded, involving a loss of over $109.000. S TOE SITUATION TIIS EVENING, instcad of being relieved, bas become really more alarming. The water, instead of immed- fately receding nfter reaching the highest pofnt, as was expected, has been gradually rising for the pust twenty-four hours. The city is prac- tcally cut of from railroad connection in most directions, and the mails could not be sent to or received from Clevelaud and Cincinpatl this evening on account of tho rising waters. The ®gaswas sout off and tho water-works stopped pumping, so that most of the city is without an adeqoate supply of ras and water. Itis thought that the total loss, including damage to property and loss of time, interruptioo to business, transportation, gto., will exceed $1,000,000. o A SPECIAL JOINT SESSION OF THE COM- T T MITTEE. was held this afternoon to see if auything could be donme to break the gorge and let off the water that was damned up, un- tl it was flooding the city more and more. Dynamitc explosions were recom- mended, and a ‘committes went with some par- tles who waated to try it and were cmployed to maxe the test. Several cartridges were exploded in tho- thick, unbroken ice below the Zeity, but no impression wus made, and the scheme was glven up. The coal-yards aro-all uader water, #nd, if the present state of things continucs long, much inconvenience and suffering will be oceasioned, as none of the coal roads can de- liver coal in the city. One of the most serious accidents to the railway interests was the de- struction this afternoon of THE CANADA SOUTIERN BRIDGE at Moaroe, Mich., twenty miles from ucre on the River Ruisin. Tho ice gorge occurred at that bridge, Inundating the greater portion of the city. The lce broke in the chaunel below, when the bridge kave way and was swept down stream with a great mass of débris, fences, trees, lum- ber.ete. The loss in Monroe is estimated at about $100,000. - No farther damage anticipated. 'The Canada Southern traius arc runalng over tho Lake Shore bridge at Monroe, TIHE MOST EXCITING INCIDENT of the great flood fn the Maumee was the ad- venture of Capt. Jenmngs, commander of the schooner Atmosphere, and the only living per- sonon auy of the vessels which went out with the lonscuk‘!!a' of the gorge. It seems that the watch- men and others of the crew o - serted their eraft when amwhéf.}.’&“fsc{’i John Jennings wus hailed by Officer Kline ns. g‘m Dbont passed fiown_through the great grinding cakes of fce, Then it was supposed the destruction ofy his vessel and his death were inevitable. Kiine asked him if he wanted to send any word to his wife. The Cup- ol ke e TR Tk Vi e el declarod he was ® £ GOING TO BUFFALO. Kline asked him why be dido't drop his big anchor. He said he huid done that, but that the chain snapped when the schooner stopped in tho Rorge. Jennings coolly wont ashore and got his breakfast and returned with & crew. To-day Jeonmings was given charge of the entire fleet, ut on each vessel, with conmecting Georgetown with Virginia awept away by the ice. The lower part of the city— that Iying south of Pennsylvanla avenue—is submerged, and counection with South Wash- ington by means of street-cars is suspended. In some of tho streets the water s from two to three feet deep. AT 12 0'CLOCK : the water bad backed up to the midale of Penn~ sylvania avenue in certain localities, and. the merchants doinz business on the south side were busily engaged fn_removing _their goods to 'a placeof safety. It is expected that the flood will do great damage to property. The icein the river has broken up, and s fast disappear- Endlgs had a crew al accessary outhit of punps, etc., to save the vessels should they spring a lenk. Jen- nings thinks they will go out safe with the ice. He declares he will make, the first trip to Buf-. falo. A friend of Capt. Jenni in denying the Story that he bad called for help, said em- phatically: *Jennings IS a man who never Bqueals, und doa't you forget i’ THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY have suffered serlously from the fiood. The Ereniug Timex wot the worst wetting, To-night there is six fect of water on the loor'of its edi- torial and press-rooms. all on the lirst floor, on Water street. The paper did not appear to-day. The Blade bas got 1wo feet of water in its press- Toom through the sewers, and was obliged to is- sue n balf'sheet from the otlico of tha Bee. Suxdlay Democrat (Gen. Steedman's gaper) was all appearauces, beconto solid gorge Across 1o | " the position of drowned out, aod will be printed to-morrow :r’fin another office. The Telegram nnd Bee gut- fered no inconvenience from the lood. REGULAR REPORT. To the Western Associated Press. ToLepo, O., Feb. 12.~The excitement in tho city this morning consequent upon the flood is intense. Theeky is overcast by dull, leaden- colored clouds, and, to add to the discomforts of the} situation ns now, a storm set in about® o'clock. The streets have been crowded with peoplo sinc® daybreak, and those leading to the river are crowded to the water's edge. In Wator ‘street the water is fully five feet deep, and rushes through at a fearful rate. Tho contents A of the lumber-yards up the river have been emptied into the thoroughfarcs, and great masses of the débrls ure flonting down. AT 3 0'CLOCK A. M, the wind veered to the southwest, and assisted in moving the ice down' tho river. A few min- utes later a gorge wus formed just opposit Bailey's shipyard. This held firmly until 6 o’olock n. m., whon it broke, and the ico again ronowed its journey to the. luxke. At first its progress was slow, but with every minute it in- creased until at 6:30 It was moving at the rate of six or scven miles, per bour. Fiftcen min- utes lutor the westerly span of the Unfon Rail- rond bridge, un old wooden bridge located Just bolow the new Lake Shore Ruilrond bridge, came'out and was swept cown ut o-high rate of speed, striking tho draw in the Cherry street bridge, aud spinaing it around. Later it passed through the opening in the Pennsylvania Rail- rond'bridge without damuging that structure further, dnd when last seen was still golng to- wards the lake. ADOUT 7:30 tho wind from the southeast (nsrenscd consid- crubly, causing tho water to rife rapidly, At9 o'clock the gorge was formed just abreast of the city, and ut 10 o'clock a. mn. remains sta- tionary. 1In conscquence of this theiwater has risen still higher. : f On Summit street, between Mooroe and Perry streets, there i3 from one to two feet of water. The basements,of the wholesalo stores are full of witcr, and many large stocks will be com- pletely ruined. THOE FOUR SCHOONERS which went down theriver lastnight at11o'clock when the ice broke up have not been heard trom, ‘but messengers ou horseback have "been dis- patched toseo if tidings of them can beob- tained. c AT 11 AL 3L - The schooners Mediterrancan, Dapford. M. Stalker, and Atmosphere were fust in- tho gorge nbout three miles below the eity, Two men who were on board.the ‘Stalker escaped to storo by, walkiog over the fce. Uapt. Jenulngs, who was on bourd his schooner, bus not been heard from asyel He fs possibly safe. THE LITTLE STEAMER EMERALD {s reported us baviug suuk’ early this morning. The schooner C.Benson has wlso been sunk. Sbe was vawed at §15,000. und was owned by Capt. Duffy. She hnd'a cargo of 15,000 bushcis of wheat, whict was vitlued nt §15.000. The Med- iterruncan bad 17,600 busbels of wheat aboard, tho Dunford 10,000 bushels, the stalker 15,000, und the Atmosphere 17.500,—the total valuation of which is ubout $74,000. 'The insurance is dis- tributed nmong ~ the following companies: ‘Phenix of Brouklyn, New Enxland Underwrii- ers’ Associution, Orient ut New York, and Mer- cantile Mutuul of New York, The four vessels are valued at over SH),000. THE VARIOUS RAILROAD LINES centeriug here arv among the beaviest losars. A considerable nmount of freight was removed resterduy. A large amount of rollivg freight, 0il, and molasses nas beon Swept away, though at present it is Impossible to state how much. “Trafus Nos. § and 5 ou the Luke Shoro & Michi- gan Southern urrived here from Chicago this morniig. No. 5, from the Bast,is at Bust To- ledo. The Lake Shore Railroad bridee s all Tight, though the truck is coverwd with d6bris. N0 trains will be sent out until the water re- cedes. 'The tioor of tho depot &ud tho st tloor of tie Island House ure covered with witerto the deptb of four feet. On the MidGle Ground the water is from oneto five feet deep. A faw couches are standing in the dopot with water covering their floors. & WHEN THE WATER BECEDES the greatest deluy to the resumption of trafic will be ‘in clearing tho débris from the 3tiddle Ground and the tracks, which will require an immense amount of labor, 5 The_tirst Hour of the gencral ofices of toe Lake Shore & Michigan Southein I5 three feet under water. ‘The tracks and bridges of this line cast and west are reporied 10 be all right. Genersl Superintendent Palne, of the Luko Shore & Michizan Southern, is on the ground giving bis whole attention to the Interests of the Company. el AT 9 O’'CLOCK P. 3. The situntion nt present is unchanged as to @ Lorges, but tho water s ris- ing at the rate Jf one to two fuchea per hour. Itis now tive feet over Water " street, four feet higher thun during the ffood of 1868. The water at the upper end of Summit street Is two 10 four feet deep. 1f hus incrensed nearly half a block out Monroe street. Aorchants ‘all alang Summit street are removing goods from the frst to the seeond opr, fearing & further rige. ‘The lumber district, two miles up the rivlr, Dpresents a fearful spectacie. Four of thelargest Inmber tirms in the city bave yards' there, viz: ‘The Mitcbell & Rowland Lumbor Compuny, Bar- bour & Starr, Hotland & Co., ana J. B. Kelly. ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE MILLION FEET were piled up fn the district, about one-balf of which will have o be rehandied. From tive to fitteen inches- of water covers the district. ‘Phousands of feet of lumber and large quanti- ties of shingles and lath, togethar with ice-and débris, are piled indiseriminately over the dis- trict. Fifteon Wabash fre:eht-cars loaded with lumber are submerged. The loss in the district. Pproviding the lumber s not swept away. will not be less than $35,000. Should the water go out with & rush, thie will be wore than doubled. ‘The six vessels carried down the river are lodged in the jee two miles below the city. The steamer Ewerald and the schooner Benson are undoubt- edly u total loss. The other four are bejng pro- visioned aud erews_will be put on board. Noth- g can prevent their gofug out with the ice. The first gorgoe is at Ironville, and extends back two miles or more. The sccond is at the Penn- sylvaaia bridge, and extends up the river ABOUT FOUR MILES, Another gorge has been formed at Grand Rap- ids which may break uny moment. Some thirty guests were removed from the Island House tnis morning in_ooats. The waters cover the tirst tloor of the Union Depot seven to nine feot. At 7p. m. the water began to run into the olfice of the Burnet House, aud it was immediately vacated for the second fioor. About two feet of ‘water are on the ground floor of the police headquarters, The prisonors have been re- moved to an upper tier of cells, Merchants on Summit sireet, from Madison to Pennsylvanin, two blocks, have nearly all suffered severely from water in basements and cellars. The Can- nda Southern Ruilroad depot is at the wagon- works, threc' miles out. Their bridge over tho river at Monroe, Mich., “was wushed out, and thoy are using the Lake Shore track. TOEIR FREIGUT-HOUSE 1S SUBMERGED, and thelr losses are quite heavy. Trains on the Toledo &-Ann Arbor Road start from Man- hattan Mills, two miles below. Part of their trestle work has been undermined. The Dayton & Michigan run tralus to Eust Toledo, but canuot cross. President Greene and Genernl- Superintendent Snith, of Columbiig, are both in the city, and have already ordercd material for repairs of the Lridges. Pirtof thelr yards and frefgtit-house are submerged. The Lake Shore Rond sent two trains “west frons Broadway bridge (4 mile out). TheT., D. & B. Road is all right. ‘Thefr bridge at Grand Rapids held out. .The Wabush has been the inust fortunate, al- thougzb it will lose some freizht. Its trains are running. Ruilroad oflicials wre hero in great number, dofng nll in their power in the interest ol their rospective roads. The weather to-night is cold, ana the indications point to an immedi~ ate freeze-up. If this should bappen the finale would undoubtedly be terrible. ln any event, gg:dr:cl; but little chance of saving the twolower THE SITUATION TO-NIGHT is very critical. Fears arc entertained that the worst is yet to come. SCHUYLKILL RIVER ' PHILADELPIIA, PA. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 12.—All danger of further damage by the floodsin the Schuylkill i3 at 1u end now, but the loss in the last twenty~ four hours cannot bo much If any less than $100,00. Thece gorge in the Schuylkill began ‘forming In the afternoon yesterday about five miles above Falrmount Dam, at tho entrance to the park. The feo there began to break up, but unfortunately it was an unbroken mass for the two miles below the National Rowing Course, which ends _just above Columbin Bridgo. There waos evidently mno outlet, and so rapidly did the water rise that serious apprehensions aroso of a repetition of the disasters of six yearsago. The riverat this point i3 Uned with mills and manufactories, which are built high enough to be out of the way of an ordinary freshet. When the rising was observed = ALL WORE WAS STOPPED in these mills, the women gnd children were dis- missed, and the men were put to work removing £oods and stock from the lower floors to the upper ones. They began work not o momont 00 soon, Tor 50 rapidly did the water rise that in four hours it was fourteen feet higher timn when . the gorge began forming at 1o'clock. Insome of tho mills the stock was of such a nature that it cquid not be removed, while in others the stock on hand was too great o be taken out in a few bours. By 8 o'clock the water had - REACHED ITS HIGHEST MARK, and the lower floors of most of the mills were : . submerged, In some cases monhad been work- 1ng tothelr walsts in wator removing goods, and wero obliged to stop. Meanwhile men and boys .were out in boats endeavoring to catch the-Hoating merchundiso before itshould bo carrled into the currentof thoriver. By this means dozons of bales of cottons ‘and manu- factured guodd were saved. There were many narrow escapes from drowning, and unfor- tunately one fad, T years old, did not have o res- cuer to comg' to his aid, and perished before hia mother's eyesi: His namo was Jacob Johnson, of Roxborough. Incrossiug the plank over the canal which runs between Proston's Mills and the high background, ¢ IE_EELL INTO THE WATER. - The current was running swiftly, and in a few woment$ the boy wus carried from sight. Only a little wblle before this, Louisa Sefster, = gl employed fn the same mill, fell into the canal below the * wasto way,” but was rescucd by e mun jumping in the water und grasping her by the body, holding fast to the projeoting lfmbs of a troe until both were drawn out. - The riso of water was 5o rapid at this point that thirty-flve women and girls sud- denly found thelr communication with the shoro cutoff. Boats wera seat. to thelr rescue, and they were taken from the upper story windows, Toree mon cmployed at tho Manayunk Gas- ‘Works also found themsolves . . SURROUNDED BY WATER in detached building. They rotreated to the upper-story, but soon were obliged to take to the Toof ror safety. From this perilous positign thoy wero resened by & boat sent out to their re- lict. Mills were not the only ‘bulldings which huve sufféred loss. Many operatives lived fn houses close by their places of work and {n the path of the rising water. Thoy soon were obliged to louve, some gotng out altogether, und others merely removing their effects from the cellar and firse floor to tho upper rooms, Be- tween ninety and 100 dwellings were thus af- fected, In additlon to the direct loss of fully 510,000, j g MANY TIOUSAND OPERATIVES will lose their wages for days until tho mills can resume again, Seville Schotleld's woolen mius for broadeloth and blankets have all tha lower tloors, covering 75,000 square feet, and contan ing tho puiling and finishing machinery, su merged in slx foot of water. The mlllv:mpl&:{! 1,000 hands, who,will have to lose some time. Mr. Schotield suid he would have given $10,000 to have uverted ft. The A. Cumpbeil Manufactur- iug Compuny’s large cotton mills will sufter perhaps the heaviest 1oss of all, and 1t will be some time before tho WU employeés will resume work. The Ehlcl? looks more likea tannery than 4 cotton mallls ‘Portions of the valusble machin- ery were alsplaced and FLOATING ABOUT. ‘The same concern has another mill about half a wile further up the river, in the direction of Flatr ltock, where tho. overfiow was just as dis- astrous.: James Preston loses heavily in both Lus cotton milfs, About 6w of his employés will have to await deyelopments. At the lower wmill there were 100 bales of cotton which could not be tuken outn thme, of which fifty are floating in the river, tied by heavy lines to keep them from golug uway altogether. Sidney Solns’ Pekin cottonand woollen wills 5 WERE DISMANTLED with heavy loss, laying off 309 employés.. The miil-owners of. Manayunk will hold the city re- . eponsible for ail demage inflicted un their prop- erty by the water. They Lnse their claim for damages upon tho action of the Pirk Commis- sioners inrefusing to allow the jce In the Schuyl- .kill above Fuirmouut Damn to be cut, usserting that it it had been loosened from the shores and tho picrsof tho bridges the lower ice would bave moved out and offered no obstruction to the mass above., THE GORGE BROKE soon after nooa, and the water hag since falten. cight feet, 'The Susyuehanua st Pittston is nlmost free frown jce, and bas fallen cight feet, Lut s still thirteen feet above high-water mark. . All trains were deluyed nehr there. At 1larris- burg; seventy ‘miles bolow, it was within one tuot of the railrond-bridgo at 2 o'clock to-day, but has since fullen, At Columbin the' ice started at 9 o'clock last night, and pussed over the arm witboit doing the gront dumago feared. ‘I'he Susquchanny is very high at that point, and is rising rupidly. At McCall's Ferry AN ENORMOUS GORGE IIAS FORMED, which i{s forcing the water back. All the streaws in Luncuster County are out of thoir bauks, and much property will resuit. At Port Deposit, just abave the mouth of the river, tho track was covered, and many peoole have left the omes, fearing an inundation. The con- tinued raios bave greatly swollen the Lehigh Hiver. Two trestlos bave been swept from un- der the Leh;fih Valley bri at Peon Huven. it Is feared that "the 50,000,000 fect of lumber in--the boom at White Haven muy break away, in which case the'Lehigh Val- ley and_Lebigh; Cosl & Nuvigation Company's bridges dt'Peni Haven will be dostroyed. Stould tho'ralnscontinue: inthe valley o few hoirs longer great destruction of property is feared. NEW ORLEANS. . TOE STREETS. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.—In tho third district and that portion of the eity Iying below the old *bosin there has been an average fall of_teny inches reported. Between the canal there has Deen u fall of three inches, while in the upper pordonof the city,south of the now canal, & still greater falt is reported. Sluices have been cutin the canal and proteotion levecs in the rear of the city which will allow the water to run out fresly. ~The firc-engines will bo putto work to assist the draining-machines. - The Re- lief Committee continue their suppliesof cooked food. A novel spectacle is funeral processions in boata. > THE RAILROADS, NEWw ORrEAaNs, Feb. 12.—Tangipshoa River yesterday ovartlowed its banks,” washlng out the Jackson Railrond. The New Orleans & Mobile Rulroad, from Lee's Station to Lookout, is stiil in bad condltion, though a large force is &t work repairing. Passengers by this route come by steamer from Pearl River to West End, thence by rail to this city. i SUPPLYING FOOD. NEw OrLzANS, Feb. 12.—Thero {s no material change in the condition of the water in the over- flowed districts; Ten thousand persons were supplied with food yesterday by the Reliet Com- mittce. There ig a heavy rain this morning, and a strong wind prevalis. 4 THE GENERAL DELUGE. COLUMBUS, 0. Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Cormmus, 0., Feb. 12—The Scioto Valley Railway 18 still under water below Chillicothe, andali travel between that point and Ports- mouth has been suspended for two days. Owing to the washing away of the bridges at Toledo, the Columbus & Toledo Raliroad Company baye glven notice to all agents to refuse all froighits and discontinue the sale of tickets to that point. The washing away of the bridges leaves tho Canada Southern Raiiroad without coal for fuel, and without any immediate hope of hav- ing a supply from the usual sources. Ofliclals _of ~ the Compnay _ telegruphed here' — yesterday th they ~ wero ng entirely out, and must have nt leust thirty cars per The heavy. rain-storm of last night day. xurncd’(nm Snow at un early hour this morning, sincewhith time snow has been falling, accom- panfed by high winds and extreme cold. < NEW HAVEN, CONN. New Havex, Conn., Feb. 12.—Residents on the bunks of the Naugatuck sud Housatonfc are moving to escape the expected waters. The {co-gorgo causes a rapid Tisg of the rivers be- tween Whitehill and Kinkora, delaying passe: ger-traing, The iceis piied up on the Pennsyl- vania Ruilrond, A guug of men 1S clearing the track so trains can pass. * Three bridges over West River, between this city and Orange, are swept uway, Trains on the Naugatuck Railrond are blocked at Seymour, where oue bridge is partly gone. In addition to mndi and passengor trains blocked at Seymour, the downward passenger train is stopped ut . Wa- terbury, while & soutn-bound wreckng-train fs imprisoned by a bridge gone at Union City ana a break at Seymour. No prospects of any trains through to-night, AT PENNHAVEN, PA. MAucH Cuunk, Pa., Feb. 12—The continued rafca have greatly swelled the Lehigh River. Tiwo trestles have been swept from under the Lehigh Valley Bridgo at Penphaven, and it is feared the 50,000,000 fect of lumber in the boom at Whitebaven may break away, in which case the Lebigh Valley and Lehigh Coal & Navign- tion Companies’ bridges at Pennhaven will be destroyed. Dispatehes from various sections of Peansylvanin, fiew Jersey, and New York re- port severdrain-storms, il fome instances ac- companfed by thunder. The ice is brenking up in tno rivers and the water i8 rapidly rising. causing large destruction of property. RICHMOND, VA. RICHMOND, Feb, 12.~The James River hero is sbout ten feet nbove high-water mark. At Columblp, fifty-seven miles above Richmound, ithad risen sevenicen fect at noon, and still rising. At Lynchburg the rise was twelve feet. ‘The wharves at Richmond aro submerged, and the water 18 atill rising slowly. ALLENTOWN, PA. 3 ALLENTOWS, Pa., Feb. 12—The water in the Lehigh River has raised ten feet at this point “fect gale. sinoe lastnights Itwas highest at 4 this atter- noon, when {t wept away the half of 4 wooden bridge. 100 feot long, connecting Kling's Island with the main shore. Two familles are still on tho island with nomeans of cscape. Shortly afterwards tho dam noar Ruckdale gave way, swetling the Lebigh River tavo feet. -I'wo canal- boats came down the river and werd wrecked fu passage over the dam here. One hundred feet of tho Lobigh Valley Rail- road traclk is wushed away above Glendon. LAW IN SUCH CASES. ALBARNY, N. Y., Feb. 12—In May, 187, during o freshet in the river, the ferry-boat Mark be- came unmanageable and the current darried it down stream. It “%ame in contact ‘with the upper rallrond bridge, knocking n span of tho samo down, which fell op tho boat. George Mark, the owner, brought action in the Supreme Court agulnst the Hudson River Bridge Com- Egny for $2,000 dumages. The case has sinco en in ltigation, und after thirty-two hours® i‘hse’xz‘ce the jury rendered a verdict of $7,000 to ar! ' BATTLE CREEK, MICH. BarTLE CREEK, Mich., Fob. 12.—~A heavy raln last night and to-day has raisgd the flodd fn the river higher than ever before known. Cellars are flooded that never had water in them before. A constant watch is kept 6n tho dam =and bridges, and loaded cars stand on the railroad bridzes'to hold them down.- The water Is still rising rapidiy. In the portion of the city known as the Flats, sovernl houses have bean vacated by the occupants, the water being two feet deep on the first fleor, * MILFORD, PA. Minsorn, Pa., Feb. 12.—The rain-storm has stopped. The Delaware River fs still rising; and tho flcod is nearing Bushkill, where tho greatest dnugeris feared. The gorge at Connesbaugh broke this morning. A fleld of fce is moving fifteen miles in length and so solldly wedged that it supporta logs’ and other heavy ‘bodies. Muaov viluuble rafts, much loose lumber, and considerable hay aro destroyed. POUGIIKEEPSIE, N. Y. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Feb. 12.—Thousands of tons of ice are pucked inside the raflroad bridges at Livingston and Stockporf, and men and wrecking-trains rownined there all nfeht. Cakes of {ce two and three foet thick are piled ten fect high for u quarter mile on the Stockport turn- ike. At Albany merchants finve- been all day Eoistlng thefr goods to upper floors. Teams have ceased to cross the river on the Ice. SOENANDOAI VALLEY. 'HARRISONDURG, V&., Feb. 12.—TheShenandoah Valley fs throatened with serious floods. The' streams are unusually swollen, interrupting maifs in muny dirccuons. No mails from this section to West Virginia. i TRENTON, N.J. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 12.—The fce in its course down the Delaware, demolished everything in ita path. Large cakes of ice fifteen or twenty inches thick ure piled up bigh above the surface of the river in a shapeless mass. FREDERICKSBURG, VA. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Feb. 12.—The Rappa- hannock River is rising at the rate of six inches an hour. The wharves ure already overflowed. A serlous disaster is apprehended. MANAYUNK, PA. PAILADELPUTLA, Feb. 12.—Nearly all the mills at Mapayunk and a number of dwellings aro inundated, Loss on stock, machinery, ote., 100,000, % THE BLIZZARD. ITS ITATCHING-IHOUSE. Speeial Dispateh to The Chicags Tribune. St. PAuL, Minn., Feb.12.—Never in the history of railzoudiag in the Northwest has'there been such a season of impediments as has character- ized this, from tho first ficrce blizzard which swept the country fn October to tho prescat. Tho roads with cuts have been particularly em- barrassed o the movement of tralns, the snow drifting In to the depth of twenty to thirty feot. Even on the prairies, where a nucleus has bevn formed by throwing out the snow, from the track, drifts bave formod to the TOP OF THE TELEGRAPH POLES, and In soie cases now ones have beenset in the snow that communication by Wwire might bo kept up. The recent rain packed the snow.upon the banks o solidly in soie places’ that the plows on tho engines are” utterly useless, and It i3 neccessary to shovel the snow frow the rond- bed by band, which is a tedlous ‘process. Thesc drawbacks to rallways can only. bo realized by these who have been snow-bound at extrewe points on the prairies. The Hastings & Dukota Division ot the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul bas been buried under &' bank of ‘snow almost since the season’set in. Tho Sfoux City branch of tho Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha bas been and still Is badly blockaded, notwithstanding the ef- forts of the Compuany to raise it, and they have spared nelthor lzbor or expense. One train has been; . SNOW-BOUND AT MOUNTAIN LAKE, about midway between St. Pauland Sfoux City, sincs the 1at inst., and s likely to be for some tine to come from reports just-received from .there. To-day the passengers could retain their paticnce no looger, aud of course’ rested their complaint aganinst the Company, there being no other taogible agency that could be assailed. The following are i TIOE RESOLUTIONS: Resolved, Thut the responsibjlity rests some- where for tho diabolical outruze perpetrated upon tho passengers of this_ train by holding them snow-bound for upward ol eleven days, whbean, by reasonable energy, industry, and per- severnnce the train could have been relieved, fl{xldl slc&mm, inconvenieace, and discomfort obviated. ‘Resolved, That the discovery will be made who is to blame, and that public opinjon will con- demn the guilty to merited infamy for {m- becliity, Incompetenéy, and iohumanity. The resolutions are signed by Gen. John Cook, of tho Rosebud Lndinn Agency; H. McDonald, Cincinnatl; ‘H. E.- Tompkins, "St. Paul; L. S. Cutting, Rochester; and about, twenty-five others, and telegraphed to E. H. Winter, St. Pau), General Superintendent of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolls & Onmha Railroad. To these caustic resolutions Mr. Winter responded with an explanation as follows: . COMFORTING. To S. S. Cutting and J. G. Berg, Alountain Lake:_ Your compiaint I8 recetved. e Super- intendent of that division has been bendin every ctfort in tha direction ot your relfef, an: he has full aut!.urity to call to his assistance all the resources of tne Company. We don’t think that the means. have been misapplied, or that anything has been left undooe that was posgible to do to bring forward the train; but when only a fow hours more would bave broken the block- ade another and one of tho most violent storms of the winter, and one against which we can make 0 progress, has set in. We are oven obliged to send food on handsleds drawn by mon, atthe risk of their personal safety, to the crew out Nghting tho snow. ‘T'rains are similarly situated in many places, and tho only thing to do s to try tokeepout of danger and as comfortable 13 possible. o are as anxious ‘s you are to land you at St. Paul, but until ive can feel reasonably certaln that WE ARE NOT INCREASING YOUR DISCOMFORT Dy belng blockaded on the prafrie, away from foad and fuel, we shall serve your Intercsis by Xkeeping you where you are compuratively safe. E. S. WinTeER, General Superintendent. 1tisa fact that the Company by its agents has done all that mortal man could do to raisethis unprecedented blockade. Other dispatches from the same section confirm the report from Mount-~ ain Lake as to the general condition of the road. A St. Jumeg dispatch says tho wind blowsa per- "The nir for perbaps fifty fect from the surface of the ground is completely filled with moving snow, obscuring objects 100 feet away, and he is au adventurer indeed who at- tempts to move cxcept by well-marked ronds. ‘This is the delayed northwester which should have followed the storm,.aud it is the old snow that is moving now. IT SHOULD BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. It-is very ianteresting as a metcorologieal event, but quite the reverse from a railroad point of view. The blockade s not confined to this line alone, but 'to others, as appears by tho following special: “The IllinoisCentral got one train through last night. Thoy luy out six days, and sent one last night which is now blockaded 100 miles east of beré. Morrill and party, with & businoss car, are blockaded with that train.” They bad 2 SIX ENGINES S8MASHED UP ~ in'the last storm. Thig is the hardest and one of the worst this winter. Tho storm has now struck tho Chicago trunk Unes, and trains due’ here ot 1:20 p. . uto storm-bound, and arc not likely, from the present outlook, to reach their destination before to-morrow, notwithatanding thefr facilities for buffeting the elements. Other lines are also suffering from the storm, but the cases cited will give a general idea of the difi- cuities attending the-operation of railroads in the Northwest nover before experienced. DAVENPORT AND ROCK ISLAND. Special Dispateh to The Chioago Tridune. DAVENPORT, Ia., Feb. 12.~01d citizens say that since tha winter of 1813 ‘thgre has been no suck suow and wiud storm as that which bcmm, yes~ | .terday at noon and continued until sunrise this | morning. From twelve to fourteen inches of snow have fallen, but {t Is torribly drifted, being six, and elzht fect dcep in places, while tho ground fn spots {s bare. On the Rock Island & Peorla Ralirond there bave been no trains in or out to-day. Frolghts aro blockaded all along the line. At 10 o'clock this morning four locomotives coupled together were started out to relieve lncoming trains, but two hours were required to make four miles. Un the Chi- _cago, Burliuzton & Quincy and the Cbleago,, Milwaukee & St. Paul Roads there have been no trains fnor out either In this city or Rock Taland, across the river. Tifs TRIBUNE repre- sentative, in an interview with General-Super- tendeat Kimball, of the Chicago, Fock Ishind & Pacitic Rallrond, this afternvon, gathered the following particulars of the storm on tuat line: “ In Western Tuwa and Northorn M{ssourf it was much worse than here, the country betng more open and tho drifts deeper. ‘Iain No.4, the eustward-bound pnssenger, Which left this city at 1l:30 lnst night’ two ~hours and ahalf late, raached Sheffield at 4 o’clock this afternoon. East of Bureau Junction thg snow is much lighter, and little trouble is apprebend- . No. 3. the westward-bound pessenger which Ieft Chicago at 10 o'clock lust nlzht, urrived here at 4 olclock this afteruoon, ten hours late, No. 2, due here at 8 this'morning from the West, hosnot nt this writing resched Des Moiues. The train on the Southwestern Ltoad which de- arted at7o'clock lust evening, 13 laid up at ‘ontreville, 165 miles westot here. No trafng from the West are expected to arrive to-night, but ?nek‘.vlu be made up here to ko out West at 7 oeloc! MENDOTA, ILL. Socelal ‘Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunes Mexpora, i, Feb. 1%%-The storm of ;estcr« duy and last night continued all day with un- abated violence. We have had no such storm nerosicee Jan. 1, 1881 The snow was driven into every nook and erevice. It s fmpossible to say how much sell,—probably sixteenor eighteen inches,—~and, while it was only six inches iu some places, it wes six fect in others, drifting and changing overy moment. The lurge force of meu employed by the raliroad could not keep the tracks clear. As fastag they could shoveland pick it out it drifted in aguin, No traioson the Central passed through=here to-duy. One from Centralla got as far us this place, but the united force of threc engines fuiled to take it any farther, and, after remaining forseveral hours, had to return back about, 7p. m. A few of the tralns on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy suc- ceeded about as well. No. 4, night_passenger, golug enst, due here at 3:2 a. m., was unablo to leave here till 11:40. No. 1, local pussenger west, brought the mails and made excellent time, but No. 11, golng west, due here ut 11:5 2. m., ‘struck n snow-bank five ~miles cast of here, and did not arrive till about 7 this cvening. Consequently, we did not get the pa- pers till then. The Mendota accommodation nado good time both ways, And was only & fow winutes late getting herc. Nos.5 and 8 bad to be abundoned. No farmers or otbers from the. country were able to come totown to-duy. A few who were compelled to come in_for provis- iuns had to do 8o on foot, horsesgbelng unable to wude through tho depth of soow. The stor ceased ut 7 p. m. > GALENA, ILL. Bpecial Dispatck to The Chicago Triduns GALENA, IIL, Feb. 12.—The snow-storm which prevailed in this section fest night was one of the most severe ever known, bivcking up the 1aues and highways for injlesaround, and placing an effectual embargo on truvel, which promises 0 last for some days to come. The storm com- menced about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was preceded by & few minutes of sleet. Tke wind was from the northeast, commencing in light breezes and culminuting in a perfect gale, which lasted until between § and 4 o'clock this morning. The snow stopped falling soon sfter midnight and when the morning dawned it was upon one of the most desolate scenes our pcurle buve everwitnessed., Great banks of snow luy piled in the straets and upon the sidewalks. Roofs werc ovorbirdenced, and eversthing upon tho ground hidden from view and buried from fwotosix fect deep. The raflrond tracks for miles and miles ars covered with from one to ten feet of suow, and cars will not be able to run for several duye. Tho-passenger train which arrived here last night at 12 o'clock on tho way east was unable to proceed further, and i3 now snow-bound at this station. Her engine luy dead at the Green street crossing until 10 o'ciock this forcuoon, and {s now poweriess 1o cope with tho snow which lies upon the truck. The passenger train from the ‘east, which left here for the west on time last evening, {3 snow-bound at Peorta. a short dis- tance the other side of Dubuque, and the truin from Sioux City due here at 8:2a.m.isina similar condition at Epworth. Not more than a haif-dozen farmers' teamns reached tho city to- day. aud the owners report the ronds so effectu- nlklly blocked as to make sledding next to impos- sible. . 5 A MILWAUKEE, WIS. Szecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 12—The storm which began bere last night has raged with unabated fury throughout to-day. All of tho street-rallway Iines have been so blocked that the cars could notrun. Business generully has been stagnant, and few people appeared on the streets. Not over ten or twelve inches of snow have fallen, _but there are drifts four or five fect aeep in all directions. The Northwestern traln from Chi- cago arrived this afternoon about two hours late, but- the St. Paul was four hours bebind time. The 4:30 runs to Chicago started as usual, with a good prospect of getting through,as large number of engines and plows bave been kept busy. All the rouds to the north are literatly **snowed In,” and there is no traic upon_the St. Puul route of any conse- quence west of here. Large gangs of shovelers have been set to work touid the engines, and the traing will get through to-morrow usless more snow fulls. It has now ceased and the weather Is clearing. A stiff north wind has pre- vailed during the day, but to-night it has veered to ‘the west. The saccidents arising from the storwm are notveryserious. An awntog measuring twelve by twenty fect fell on Mason street and knocked a lad named Moore Inseusi- ble, inflicting an ugly cut upon his head. - It is believed be will recover. A large mass of roof- ing was carried off the Bay View Rolling-Mills, bu'.!:z:nfi was injured, so far us ia koown at o & 2 —— ROCKFORD, ILT. Special Dispatch to-The Chicago Tridune. ‘Rockron, ., Feb. 12.—The greatest snow- storm of the season has been raging here to- day. The snow is now over & footdeep on the level, while the drifts are from six to eight feet decp. All tralns on this braijch of -the Chicago & Northwestern Road are snow-bound at Peea- toniea and Winnebago, and not a single train { all tralus coming in and goinz out on has passed this place east slnce 10 o'clock yes- terday morning. At this writing thore are five tralns between this city and Pecatonica, four of _which are passenger. The Chicago & Iowa trains did not Jeave the Company’s yards cithor at Rockford or Rochelle. On the Kenosha Road trains are running through all right, but look as though thoy bad been pulled through snow- banks. The botcls are all full of ‘impatient travelers, Business in the city has been almost catirely suspended owing to the walks and streets befng so filled with goow. In the country the east and west roads are absolutely impas- sable, and it will be some time before farmers will be able to get’ about, and before doing this all will be compelled to turn outand shovel their way. Onthe whole, the storm is the severest for years, ELGIN, ILL. . . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Erery, 1iL, Feb. 12~The snow which fell all Friday nigyt and to-day hos almost isolated this city from tho rest of the world. The country roads were impassable, and all railroad lines are seriously affected. Up to 6 p. m. no traing have .arrived from the north over the Freeport Di~ “vision of the Chicago & Northwestern Ralirond. Three passenger trains and scveral freights ‘were snowed ‘In between here and Pecatonica. The Freeport passenger from Chicago ran into p drift four miles frow here, and & gang of 100 ‘men from this city was sent to dix it out. It {8 wow here. On the Fox River Divisfon only one traln hos worked through, und that six hours late, All trains have been abandored on the Chicago, Mtiwaukee & St. Paul. Threo tralns were sent from here to brig down a pas- senwer from Humpshire. Several trains arg anchored in drifts along the line. A freight of thirteen cars is wrecked at Monroe, and one of seyen cars at Byron. The: snow {3 packed six feet deep in some of the cuts, und is ns solid us ;g;xwd. Such a storm never prevalled here be- ATCHISON, KAS, Arcmsow, Kas., Feb. 12—The snow-storm yesterday was the moat severe ever experienced in this section since the great storm of Sfarch, 187, Snow fell without cessation nearly twen- ty-four hours, and a kéen wind drifted it badly. Al the railroads are blockaded except the Kansas City, St. Joc & Council Bluffs. The Rock. Island train due at 10 o’clock lust night got in at 3 this afternoon, drawn by two locomotives. The Missourl Pacific bas not been heard fror, but the Council Biuffs train this afternoon brought the St. Louis mail through from Kansas City. The Central Branch has sent out-no trains sinco. Friday, morning, nor has the Atchison & Nebraskas, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa F6 train, duc Friday afternoon, I8’ snowed up at Valley Falls. The Haonibal & St. Joo has had 10 train in or out since Friday morning. . EEOKUK, IA. Special Disvatéh to-The Chicaco Tribuns, KEOKUE, Ia, Feb. 12.~Tho terrific’ snow- storm of yesterday and lass night has been the means of cutting off most all ‘ with the outside world to-day. c%?unll:;;]w“ and several passenger-tzaius ou the e line3 in and out of tho city have Keerr (doned. Tho only two traias utriving tog ne Wabush main line und St. Logs gy 2 ' severul hours late. About ten joches crs 13 has fullen, but the high wind presinSwow dritted ir, ‘making it much dceper ot i places. ¢ TWestern associated Presy KEOKUK, In., Feb. 121t cominenced sa yesterduy, and snowed atn lively m,“‘,’l"lnz Dight. - The depth-of snow can s Gol 12t mated, 83 thoce was much wind and jp g esil badly,’ Good i!ud;;«.-s S17 That twelve or gk inches fell. The moraing pussenger fra 0% the Colcugo, Lurlington & Quiney syt o Keokcuk & Northwestern e apanno o0 B8 the ge roads centering here were much dyl Tea ceused snowing this morning. ot delayed. 32 MONMOUTH, ILL, * Special Dispateh ta Tke Chicugo Tridune, ~ Moxuourn, IiL, Feb. 12—The most 1 Snow storm that has been experienced for i sears commonced yesterday about npop, “:“ when It has snowed continually il § et this afternoon. Over one oot of snow has fycs. on-a lovel. At the same time o high wing f" been blowing! and the Suow is drifted s pop that the streets are almost fmpassable, )m: the main linc and tho St. Louis Diviston of o Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rallroad arp. u" most blocknded by tho 300w, Al froizht trisy | have been abandoned since Iast nigb, ang gy Tocal passenger traina have aiso been shandongg to-day, but the Company have made streazo efforts to put _the express-trains through, night express-truin from Chieazo was snowed i at Noponset this_morniiiz, and. dij nop pas Gaiesburg Lill noon. and ull other traing rs o gral hours lute. Passenger-truins on thy' S 0uis Division have been completely blockad by 500w to-day. . o KANSAS CITY. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridunz, KANsAS CrTy, Mo., Feb. 12.—The grear storm continued until about daylight this morp; when the snpw ccased falliug, but the wind cone. tipued to blowa galeall day. Rallway tragie was never S0 obstructed as it has been during the pasttweaty-four hours, und of tho ten rajl. ronds running into the Union Depot but ogg sent out or brought {a a passeager train to-gay, ‘The Wabash pussengor due at8 o'clocka. m, reached the city at uoon, and a traln wsasent oyt for the east at 6 o'clock this evening Ay traios on the active lines lending nomy, enst, south, and west were abandoued, aod ay. less the wind goes down the blockade will lays woveral duys. Out _on, the plawns the Kanses Pucificand Santa FE trains are ull snowbound op abandoned, and W, B. Stroug, General anager of the Santa Fé, 18 o prisoner fn his special car west of Dodze. Reports frow nlong both rouds are to the eifect that the snow is_ drifting badly, 3":3 that tradic cannot be resumed for sever] ¥5. ST. LOUIS, MO. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicao Tridting, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 12.~Last night the strecty were covered with mud. To-day there is snow upon them ankle-deep. With the breaking-up of the ice and freeing of the river, groin-dealers have heep getting ready for a heavy movement of grain,. both to and from this market. Tue barge companies ordéred thelr boats and barges to St. Louis, 60 23 to be ready to receive at once, and exporters, who have been doing nest to nothing all winter, are prepared for active operutions. One - of the leading European exporting firms of this market ordered between 200,000 end 400,000 bushels of grain, principally wheat, to be loaded at once from elevators into the Mississippi Valley Transporta- ton Cumpunf'a baryes, und it wa3 supposed that this would be loaded and sentaway at once, ¥ut the sudden change in the weather puta compléte cstappgl upon this shipment. Tha high wind and heavy suow prevented the els vators from runnng the grain out. DES MOINES, TA. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Des Mor~es, Ia., Feb. 12.—A regular blizad has raged over Iowa south of the line of the Ilinols Central Road for the last twenty-four hours. Tralns are embargoed in snowbankson all the trunk-lines. The Rock Island trafn east from Couancil Bluffé 1ast evening got to Guthrie, and has been there since. The train which left Chicago yesterday mornlug rot as faras New- ton and struck adrift a few miles west, and bas msde no progress since. No attempt has been made to move other trains to-day. Brasch trains are all abandoned, 83 it 1S useleas foats tempt to clear the. track until tha wind abates, which it now appenrs will besoon. It isdeclared the worst storm for travel ia thirty years, though the weather is not severe.. . - CLINTON, IA. CLINTOY, Ia., Feb. 12.—The worst dnow-storm ever recorded oceurred here last nightand to- day, accompanied -by R gule. Thé snow has drifted, and all trains and team travel 1s practi- cally abandoned. Business here is mostly sus pended.’ E e The express-train on the Northwestern which loft Chicago inst night is snow-bouad at Cour: 1and, IU. The train which should have reached Chiengo this moraing 18 side-tracked at Blalrs- town, la. The train which left Chicago yestet- day noon is stailed in snow-drifts thissidecf Blairstown. Another passengor-train 3 at Gliddon, Ta. Severul freight-traics am stalied.- All the rest are abandon: There are no trains runoing oo’ the Chicsgy Milwaukee & St. Paul or the lows Midland Bosd SIOUX CITY, TA. Speciat Disputch to The Chicago Tyidunk Sroux Cit, Tu., Feb. 12.—For the: first.tins since railroads were built to this city, no passes ger tratns have como fn or gono out doring th ‘day. Business istotally suspended. Notawhed is tarntng on the St. Paul & Stoux City Road tif side of St. James, and beyond that the wiressre down. On the Hllinois Central the firs trala ouk since the previous blockads of nine dayswit raised stuck with two engines thirty miled west of Fort Dodge. No telegraph lines esst of Omaha were ‘working to-day. Tralos on b8 west end of the Chicago & Northwestern ( Bluffs line) are suspended. Notmuchsouw but a bad wind. Temperature zaro.tbls maz® ‘GTON. THE LUDI Speztal Disvaten to The Chicago Tridums MILWAUKEE, Ws., Feb.12—A good du’{# anxiety i3 Telt over tho propeller City of Lt ington, .which started for Grand Haveo lsst night, just as the storm was breaking. 5"::: not been hoard from up to. this time. Had| made port Capt. Gilman would have tolegrapheds Mr. Hurson, agent of the Goodrich Line, nul:d o night that he believed that she put back &L now lying In the fee not far fromhere. B saflors say that she could not have ¢ Iake in suchn storm,as commenced wxn;": WS ‘!onr or dfl;e h;‘l“fi out. l;f[;:&‘gf'm ‘the nominee, and Truesdell are or. Ice and snow about & mile out from the? OSIAHAA;:;;lmpb Special Dispateh to The ” - OxasA, Neb, Feb. 12.—Nearly all bunc!l:g; ronds are blockrded with. saow, which :u-: oy drifted into the cuts on tho tracks by bepde winds which have been prevaillng yeste e to-day. The Gnlon Pacific sentout m:uh s bound passenger traln to-day, but thero Py ensternconnection, a3 trains duo tbis ; e from Chicago and St. Louls aro BUu snow at differcat points fn Tows. aphic cowmunication bas been SuEL yy op ust night. Taere wera no tralnd I Omahu except the Unfon Pacific, nll: by trains on the Eastern and Moun! 1his road have been abandoned- - . B TA COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. Cousciu Brurss, Ia., Feb. n-mmsmm_b" snow-storm of yesterday and jo;d&{u g pletely isolnted this city from tho OUEL 77/ No trains have arrived or departed '1.1: s night, and all have been abandoaed. m-mmi! ol that left here last night n:vo bclen\; ;’ & alldny at adistance of from from here, The Chicago, Hurlhm'tcnc ; le;_' . attempted 10 start ?B:&xyn ;:!n f:’nr mfl“m night, with & gang of Oy o are ted snow. None of tho U e er until to-morrow afternoon :{ ‘Anlgndfl gesiers ui on hand. - = business is ubout suspend say they haven't a ton of €0 CEDAR mmrgzw IA- 3 Special Dispatch to The CEpAR RAPIDS, Ta., Feb. 12—THe h:w:v'“" o reported lust night prevalled with mo Shipre] until to-day. Not a traia hasleft m'snflr rived here on’any road. Two pu:;m between and a number of enginesare mwfl: g0 & this ity and thirty miles west mx"l!x e, Northwestern Road, and scvel ‘yinufifi of Nearly thift; baaked on _other lines. Nearly thirt hours, show fell _during the past _twents-{out and even tho City abo Weather calm to-night, and all at o bee& put on to dig the traios out. ALKHART, IND. -~ = "¢ nnuul;mam to Tne Caleago THWRE o EnsmAgT, Ind., Fett 12~East night & 200/ ruin-storm set fd, which contiaued thl"-" thonight. 1t was followed by 3en0% nnfl;_ Bridges that wero co! out of dasges: % &